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100 1 _aGlassner, Barry,
_d1952-
245 1 4 _aThe culture of fear :
_bwhy Americans are afraid of the wrong things /
_cBarry Glassner.
260 _aNew York, NY :
_bBasic Books,
_cc1999.
300 _axxviii, 281 p. ;
_c21 cm.
505 0 _aDubious dangers on roadways and campuses : how fears are sold -- Crime in the news : tall tales and overstated statistics -- Youth at risk : faulty diagnoses and callous cures -- Monster moms : on the art of misdirection -- Black men : how to perpetuate prejudice without really trying -- "Smack is back" : when presidents and the press collude, the scares never stop -- Metaphoric illnesses : how not to criticize the establishment -- Plane wrecks : small danger, big scare -- Final thoughts : the Martians aren't coming.
650 0 _aSocial psychology.
650 0 _aSocial perception
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aAnxiety
_zUnited States.
650 0 _aFear
_zUnited States.
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650 0 7 _aRisikobewusstsein
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651 7 _aUSA
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